Gulf Coast
September 3, 2008 -
I'll be on WBAI New York 99.5 FM this morning at 8:30 EST / 7:30 CST to talk about the current situation here in New Orleans in Hurricane Gustav's aftermath. I'll be on the "In Brief" show with Mimi Rosenberg. You can listen live here.
September 2, 2008 -
What's being described as a "giant pile of crashed ships and barges" clogs New Orleans' Industrial Canal one day after Hurricane Gustav, covering the channel's entire width south of the Interstate 10 bridge -- and raising serious questions about the U.S.
September 2, 2008 -
Tracie Washington, a lawyer with the Louisiana Justice Institute, is asking for help to turn up the heat for an orderly return and for monetary compensation for Hurricane Gustav evacuees. This is a letter from Ms. Washington: Friends:
September 2, 2008 -
I just finished driving the Louisiana back roads from Interstate 55, backed up for miles by residents trying to get back into New Orleans, to Baton Rouge, the state capitol which is still being drenched by Gustav's aftermath.
September 2, 2008 -
Hurricane Gustav made landfall yesterday southwest of New Orleans in the historically Cajun community of Cocodrie in coastal Terrebonne Parish. Gov.
September 1, 2008 -
According to a recent update on Gustav from the Army Corps of Engineers, there are at least four barges and one 500-foot boat loose in New Orlean's Industrial Canal just north of the Florida Avenue Bridge.